Morning journal and courier., 1887-03-01
49th Congress---Second Session.

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 of this bill. MT. Edmunds objected He
 said that he had determined to oppose any
 motion tending toward an irregular action l on appropriation bills. Two years ago while
 presiding officer he had seen the most impor-
 tant bills of the session put through with
 such haste that neither the Senate nor the
 President had any opportunity to know their
 contents. Millions of public money were
 voted away with no safeguard to check ex-
 cept the fidelity of the incoming clerks. He
 had then resolved never to be party to l such hasty and dangerous methods It was | usual at the close of session for the Senate
 to be called upon to act thus, but he believed | it in violation of good government and | opposed to it.
 Mir Hale agreed with MT. Edmunds. The
 House had Intentionally brought about | state of affairs unj just to the Senate and an
 extra session could only be avoided by the | Senate consenting to dispose of appropria- 1 tion bills hastily.
 MT. Allison repeated his former statement | that the appropriation bills have never been
 in such a condition. He said that the con-
 ferees appointed by the House on the sundry
 civil and other appropriation bills had failed l to keep their engagements with the Senate 1 conferees and delays had occurred.
 The House labor arbitration bill l taken up and passed. House bill to pre- l vent employment of convict or alien labor
 on public buildings was also passed. House l bill providing for land grants heretofore
 made by Congress, and remaining unadjust- | ed was passed and conference ordered. Consideration of the pleuro- pneumonia
 bill was resumed. MT. Van Wyck's amend | m9nts specifying diseases among swine l among those to be investigated was adopted 1 and the bill was passed; yeas 32, nays 19. l It authorizes the appointment by the Pres | ident of United States cattle commission l to investigate into the existence of conta- | gious pleuro pneumonia, foot and mouth
 diseases, rinderpest, hog cholera, etc., and ! to cause the same to be destroyed | and to pay the owners thereof three-fourths
 of their value. The bill appropriates one l million dollars.
 The Senate bill to prohibit the mailing of | newspapers and other publications contain l ing lottery advertisements and prescribing l penalties for the violation of the same was 1 taken up.
 l During discussion on the bill MT. Edmunds l submitted statement showing that several meetings had been held without result of the l Canadian retaliation conference and that the | irreconcilable point in controversy was the l clause which authorized the President to pro- l hibt intercourse between the United States l and Canada not only by water but also by | land, to which clause the House conferees l did not feel authorized to agree and upon | which the Senate conferees insisted. MT. Whittehorne thought the statement ! was not report from the conference it was not in order.
 1 Messrs. Edmunds and Morgan of the con- l ference defended the statement. The latter would go as far as anyone in doing what was necessary, but he considered that the House was going too far in endeavoring to estaE- | fish non-intercourse.
 After some discussion the matter was dropped.
 The Senate resumed the consideration of the lottery advertisement bill. MT. Sauls bury offered an amendment but subsequent ly withdrew it, stating that he was aware &I,aff f1,ah ou16 nnf q IQy af hIS session.
 The bill was passed, 40 to 10. It makes it unlawful to mail newspapers or other pub licatons containing lottery advertisements and prescribes penalty of not more than $1 ,000 and imprisonment for not more than one year, or both.
 At 6:30 the Senate went into secret session and few minutes before o'clock adjourn ed.
 HoUsE.-A message from the President was presented returning the bill for the erection of public building at Portsmouth, Va, without his approval; referred. The conference report was agreed to on the bill limiting the cost of erecting public building at Detroit to $1, 100000. The House then went into committee of the whole on the legislative bill. An unin- teresting and prolonged debate ensued large ly made up of party recriminations.
 Mr. Blanchard raised a point of orler against the words lin full compensation" in the appropriating clause of the bill and after two hours discussion the committee of the whole decided the point well taken and the words were stricken out.
 Mr. Rogers offered substitute for the bill extending for six months beginning July 1 the legislative, executive and judicial appro- priation bill of the current year. On point of order the substitute was ruled out. Mir. Cannon offered an amendment making provision for senator's clerks; rejected. A point was made against the appropria ton for newspaper and tally clerks-(reduc- ing the former $500 .and the latter $500 and overruled by the chair. An appeal was de- manded and after long debate the decision was sustained.
 An amendmen was adopted restoring the present salary of the tally clerk. The committee then rose. It was ordered that when the eulogies on the late MT. Cole were concluded this evening the House should resume consideration of business At 5:15 the House took recess until 7:3O. After recess in what has been the nols- jest and most confusing day of the session the House reassembled at 7:30 p. m. The special order, eulogies on the late MT. Cole of Maryland, was proceeded with. Address es were made by Messrs. Compton, Johnston of North Carolina, Wade, Gibson of West Virginia, Dibble, Shaw, McComas and Rusk.
 The House then went into committee of the whole on the legislative appropriation bill. MT. Holman protested against what he considered disposition toward extravaganza in increasing salaries of some of the en- ployes of the House over the reeommenda- tions of the committee on appropriations, but several such amendments were adopt ed.
 MT. Hiscock offered an amendment increas- ing the salary of the clerk of the ways and means committee; adopted.
 Rapid progress was made with the bill and md agreed to. When the paragraph covering the salaries of employees of the bureau of engrav- ing and printing was reached MT. O'Neill, of Missouri, calling attention to the hardwork- ing employees of the bureau, offered an amendment granting them an annual leave of absence. This was agreed to.
 Up to 1 a. m. work the bill had prog ressed with but little friction and about half of it yet remained to be considered. At ten minutes past one the committee rose and on motion of Mir. Holman the House took a recess until ten o'clock.
 THE PERILs OF THE LAKE. Terrible SuGerings of The Fishermen
 On Lake Erie.
 BUFFALO, Feb. 2S.-Of the forty odd fish ermen who were missing Saturday night and supposed to have been drowned or frozen to death on the lake in the storm all but two safely reached shore. This morning William Cavanaugh started out on the lake with rescuing party to hunt up the miss ing men. The ice in some places is piled mountain high. The two bodies of Thomas Cody and John Leary were found on the ice two miles out, off Hamburg, at noon They were frozen stiff. It was evident they work ed hard against the heavy wind, but could make no progress and had finally lain down to die The men had no creepers their boots and oonseque tly they were obliged to fight their way under disadvantages against the gale. The struggle must have been a pitiful one toward it's close. The bodies were brought home on sleds this afternoon. l The dead are boys and the scene at their homes heartrending one. Several | fishermen had narrow escapes. Jehn and Patrick Bodkin crawled for hours across the | ice on their hands and knees. Their dogs l were frozen. Mike P. Brenner managed to | make the south shore almost frozen. His | two dogs and sled went through hole and